My much-needed break from it all is over, and now i'm back, and i have to go to class in 15 minutes. Spring break was the cool breeze, refreshment, and renewal i needed. Rather than say what i did, i'll say what it was. It was "why didn't i do this more?" and "how much did i really miss?" and "where the heck did that come from?...i'm sure glad it came." It was sleeping far more than i should have and waking up and thinking of things i shouldn't be thinking about in a light that might be useful for more things. In short, it was good.

When i got back, all the way to the dining hall it was, "hi, jigga!" (except they use my real name here) and, "how was your break?", and i felt like i knew the whole world. Once i was in and had been eating for awhile, it was a veritable barrage of hugs and smiles, "florida was great! how was your break?", "have you lost/are you losing weight?" (what?), and dragging me to a girls' dorm - though tired, i wasn't too tired for that...and i felt special for the first time in a long time.

I'm ready to take on whatever my classes and my mind and my heart throw at me...for now, at least. I can more than conquer challenges. I hope i can look at life for what it is and love it for what it is (and i still need to see that movie). I just needed that time to sort things out, to clear my head, and to hopefully begin to look at things rationally.

Thank You.

a brief and terribly undescriptive return - 10.28.04
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